Shade guide



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SHADE GUIDE I I Filed Aug. 50, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2` 1N VgNToR fx1/frm@ A TTQRNE Y Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES ARTHUR R. ANFINR'UD, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA SHADE 'GUIDE Application led August 30, 1928. Serial N o. 302,931.`

My invention relates to an improved shade guide in which the edges of a roller shade may run.

Most shade guides of this type are so narrow between their front and back faces that the shade scrapes over their edges at the top of the guide, and wears out faster than if no guide were present.V One object of my invention is to make a guide that will avoid this difficulty, that will be as wide as the rolling and unrolling of the shade will require. Another object of my invention is to extend the guide the full length of the run of the shade, so that it will not be free at any place and therefore will not fray because the shade is askew, and so that no one from the outside may seein. Another object of my invention is to place the guide in the direct vertical pat-h of the shade so that no fraying of the edges will occur due to misplacement. or due to the guide being too close to the window casing.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and

it will be understood that changes in the specific structureshown and described may be made within the scope of the claims, and that any suitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a front elevation of a window and shade, showing the application of the present invention thereto. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View on line 2-2 of Figure l looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure l looking in the direction of the arrows. Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 on line lr-4. Figure 5 is a front elevation, partially broken, of a modified form of guide. Figure 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Figure 5. Figure 7 is a sectional view on line 7--7 of Figure 5.

A window frame and window sashes, referred to generally as 1, has the usual shade 2, referring first to Figures l-4: inclusive,

A mounted in brackets 3, on the face of the win- 59 dow casing.

Guides 4, having U shaped portions in -which the shade runs, with other portions 5,

setting the U shaped portions away, slightly,

from the face of the window casing, and yet "other portions 6, bent inwardly towardjthe shade to be :fastened to the face ofthe window casing, herein shown to be' fastened with screws, are fastened to the face of the window casing, at each side. These guides are near enough together to always retain the shade.` rlhe U shaped portion is of such awidth that whether the shade iswound, or unwound, the shade may always be within a vertical line in the U shaped portion, as shown clearly in Figure 2. Also, the guide is wide enough to accommodate the stick at the bottom of the shade. The portion 5, of the guide is wide enough to set the U shaped part of the guide far enough from the Window casing that when the shade is entirely unwound, the shade will not drag on the front of the guide. Thisis also clearly shown in Figure 2. The front of the guide comes far enough toward the shade to slightly cover the screws holding the guides in place. Furthermore, 'bending the fastening part 6 in toward the shade, enables it to be partly concealed and makes a neater guide. In Figures 5 to 7 inclusive, my guide is shown between the sides of the window casing.

The U shaped portion 7 is, herein, a complete* U, and without the parts needed in the other modification. Herein, too, the guide is so placed and is of such width, that the shade, whether wound or unwound, is always within the guide, and the shade does not engage the'VH top edges of the guide, either front or back.

Thus the shade is always held tight against the window at all points of its travel, it cannot get askew, and its edges are kept from wearing out by dragging over the edges of the guide.

A device as herein set forth and described is simple in construction, may be manufactured at a relatively low ligure, and it effectively serves to prolongthe life of a shade.

What is claimed is l. A substantially U shaped shade guide for the reception of the edge of roller shades, said guide extendin through the full length Vof therun of the s lade, the U shaped portion bef:

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ing of a width equal to or greater than the differencev between the Wound and the unwound shade roller radii, and having a free runway of that width said guide being adapted to be mounted on the window casing so that both sides of the U` shaped member are alwaysY outside the vertical run ofthe .shade from its roller.` A

2L A substantially U shaped shade guide for i 'lo Vthe reception of the edge of a rolle;` shade, said guide extendingthrough the `full length of the run ofthe shade, the U shaped portion being of a width equal to or greater than the dierence between thel Woundandunweund shade roller radii, said guide having a portion bent inwardly toward the shade adapted to be Aattached t-o th'efaee ofthe Window 'casving, andsaid =guide having a portion between said .inwardlybent portion andthe U shaped portion of a width substantially equal tothe distanceof the wound shade roller from 4'the Y window Casin v f lRTH-UR R. .ANFINRUD 

